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Good point. But, if a Joshua Tree is a rare and not particularly prominent topic of conversation, I wouldn't necessarily expect it to come up when talking about
by karaterobot 2y ago
Good point. But, if a Joshua Tree is a rare and not particularly prominent topic of conversation, I wouldn't necessarily expect it to come up when talking about trees. On the other hand, hotdogs are not rare, they're popular and widespread. They are only marginal when talking about sandwiches, which is my point.
- taeric 2y agoHotdogs may not be as rare as a Joshua Tree, but I would still struggle to name a place nearby I could buy one already made? Certainly not without hunting for a place with a kids menu. :D Still, the general point was more that that search strategy doesn't necessarily work. And, indeed, is why we build descriptive categories. That is, we have the categories to describe future things that could be added to them?